Royal Commission report day 1 page 21
The Royal Commission evidence for 23/3/1881
(see also introduction to day 1 ) Captain Standish giving evidence
246 Would you expect that l could do both at once at the same time?- Of course if you were in the bush you cannot be in the office.
247 You made the remark here you never omitted to take steps to do everything. When you were up there Mr. Hare was very indefatigable, and so on, and popular with the men, whom he treated like friends, not like dogs. What officer did you refer to that treated them like dogs?- I merely stated that Mr. Hare treated the men like friends, not like dogs.
248 By the Commission. -The clear inference left on my mind was that, if Superintendent Hare had not treated the men like dogs, some other officer had?- I did not say so.
249 The clear inference from the statement and your manner was that someone else did-
250 By Mr. Nicolson -When you came up to Euroa, on hearing of the robbery there, on the 11th, you stated you found me ill, and sent me to town?- Yes.
251 Are you sure it was not the day after?- I could not say whether it was that day or the day after.
252 You stated that you despatched a party away out to the Strathbogie ranges on that occasion ?- I never made such a statement.
253 You stated you despatched a party from Euroa in pursuit in the ranges when questioned just now in your evidence?- I never made such a statement.
254 Did I come down to town, or was I sent down?- You were relieved by me.
255 To get medical attendance?- As I was going to stay up permanently at the time.
256 Did you, at any of your visits previous to the Euroa sticking up, make remarks about my remissness?- I never made any statement about you. The first two months you were there, you were very active rushing about the country, morning and night-in fact, rushing about too much I thought.
257 You say you came down to town, and you found things in a mess in your office?- Yes, very muddly.
258 Did you ever express anything of that kind to me?- I did not see the use of it.
259 You did not? No.
260 Can you give any instance of what you mean by "things being muddled" in the office?- All the matters which are generally disposed of in five minutes you used to keep over five days.
261 Did you find that?- Yes.
262 Did you find any files in your office, left behind there, that were not kept behind for a purpose? I cannot recollect that.
263 Was it on all occasions when you came to town-you came several times?- Three times I came.
264 On those occasions did you find anything wrong in the office?- I did not do any business in the office.
265 Did you not find everything in order in the office?- I never did any business in the office.
266 When you returned?- There were a great many things held over.
267 Were they not files held over for you as the head of' the department as I, as your locum tenens, did not feel justified in dealing with them myself?- I always heard that you were most procrastinating, and delayed matters most frightfully when you had charge of the office-that is your nature, to be a procrastinator.
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